Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35285, Ralph Emery, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Emery, Ralph
S 35285
CONTENTS

35 285
Rev INVALID.
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File No. 35 285
Ralph Emery Rev Rev. Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5696. Maine
Ralph Imery Capt Lane Private - Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the district of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Jan y 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq. Judge Saco - Maine -
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. $94.66 \frac{2}{30} 40:53 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
$ 88:53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification sent to John Murray Jr Esq. 14 July 1820 Biddeford. Portland Me
1887 Jan y 8. T. B. Hopkins with his tony Prior

Ralph Emory
private
4 June 78 5 March 79
Alders vs Map 5
Adm?

I Ralph Emery of Biddeford in the County of York and State of Massachusetts of Fifty nine Years of Age do testify and declare that I served as a private soldier in the American Revolutionary War. as follows, in April 1778. I engaged in the service for one Year and went to Fishkill in the State of New York and joined the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Lane in the Regiment commanded by Col. Alden in the Massachusetts Line and served out the full Term and received a written discharge from Col. Whiting of the same Regiment the Col. having been killed near Fort Alden, which discharge is now lost. that I have no Pension from the United States and am a resident Citizen of the United States
Ralph Emery
April 3. 1818.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts To — This third day of April 1818. The above named Ralph Emery personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
{ one of the Justices of the S. J. C. of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - ss -
Be it known that on the third day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared Ralph Emery of Middleford County of York & Commonwealth aforesaid aged fifty nine years, who being sworn according to law made oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed on the other side of this leaf in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. From which Declaration thus signed and sworn to as aforesaid together with the affidavit of Jer. Mill also sworn to before me as appears on the right hand page of this paper.
I George Thacher Justice as aforesaid Do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ralph Emery did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his said Declaration against the common enemy. - And that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this thirtieth day of May in the Year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen
George Thacher

I generally tell of Luceful age testify and say that I have heard the decla- ration subscribed by Ralph Emory and have no doubt of the truth of it as I know he was in the above list was not with me, and that he has no property to support him and is in need of assistance from his coun- try for support.
Jere Hill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss - April 3. 1818. The above named Jere Hill personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
George Nash
{ one of the justices of the S. J. C. common- wealth of Massachusetts

877. Ralph Emery Special Dist. Court Copy. July 1 st A.D. 1820
DISTRICT COURT
York County
Cont'd 5646
23 June 1819
total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Second of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
property certified, that the foregoing draft, and the schedule thereto annexed, are true copies from the
present Court, your Clerk, the District Court of the United States for the District aforesaid, do
the said Court, on this day personally appeared me, known to me to be the person described in the foregoing draft, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 rd day of June 1819 Clerk of the U. States District Court
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the eighth — day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this eighth — day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ralph Emery — — — aged sixty one — — — years, resident in Biddeford — — — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — — — in the company commanded by Capt. Lane — — — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alden — — — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 3rd — day of April — — — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5595 — — — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ralph Emery
Sworn to and declared, on the eighth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — none.
Personal estate — none — myself and wife are supported by a son — I have no income
Ralph Emery
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me. Ralph Emery, who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of continued ill health
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Olive 55 not able to support herself   Ralph — — — 16 able to support himself    Ralph Emery  Sworn to  Before  Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

United States of America District of Maine ss
At a Special District Court be- gun & held at Saco within the County of York, in said District on the first day of July A.D. 1820 - before the Hon. Albion D. Smith Judge of said Court
And now the original declaration and schedules whereof the fore- going are true copies having been here presented in Open Court and duly considered and fully examined - It is here now de- cided and adjudged in Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is one cent & no more In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court on this first . . . day of July A.D. 1820
John Mussey Junr. U.S. Dist. Clerk
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is dollars and one . . . . . cent & no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
June '20